M1.7 earthquake 16 km N of Fox River, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 16 km N of Fox River, Alaska on Tue, May 20, 2025, 11:36 AM AKDT (19:36 UTC), 61 km (38 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 41 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-05-20 19:36:31 UTC
- Depth
- 60.9 km (37.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.011° N, 150.945° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 37
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 123 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.723 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 501 days ago · 70 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.810 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 501 days ago · 48 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.520 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 501 days ago · 64 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.617 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 500 days ago · 65 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.852 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 500 days ago · 101 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.747 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 500 days ago · 80 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.537 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 500 days ago · 82 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.227 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 500 days ago · 60 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.715 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 500 days ago · 70 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.643 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 499 days ago · 84 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.724 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 499 days ago · 65 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.145 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 499 days ago · 87 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.610 km S of Fox River, Alaska · 499 days ago · 46 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.57 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 498 days ago · 43 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.717 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 498 days ago · 62 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.58 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 498 days ago · 65 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.56 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 498 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.41 km E of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 496 days ago · 44 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.025 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 496 days ago · 32 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.626 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 496 days ago · 81 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.938 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 496 days ago · 88 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.713 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 495 days ago · 50 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.554 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 495 days ago · 98 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.518 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 495 days ago · 68 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.846 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 495 days ago · 90 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.736 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 495 days ago · 80 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 495 days ago · 104 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.612 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 494 days ago · 42 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 494 days ago · 90 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 493 days ago · 84 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.742 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 493 days ago · 80 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.628 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 493 days ago · 64 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.554 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 493 days ago · 93 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.615 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 493 days ago · 41 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 492 days ago · 89 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.849 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 492 days ago · 89 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 2.127 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 492 days ago · 75 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 1.657 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 491 days ago · 85 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.631 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 491 days ago · 86 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.446 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 491 days ago · 77 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.410 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 491 days ago · 69 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.812 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 491 days ago · 29 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 491 days ago · 104 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.528 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 490 days ago · 81 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.652 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 490 days ago · 86 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.69 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 490 days ago · 56 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.52 km SSW of Kachemak City, Alaska · 489 days ago · 49 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.942 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 488 days ago · 85 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 1.952 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 488 days ago · 95 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 488 days ago · 93 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.057 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 487 days ago · 87 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.844 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 487 days ago · 44 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 487 days ago · 90 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.621 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 486 days ago · 85 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.717 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 486 days ago · 62 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.68 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 486 days ago · 39 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.215 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 486 days ago · 87 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.87 km NNE of Nanwalek, Alaska · 486 days ago · 55 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.056 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 486 days ago · 110 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.729 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 485 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.525 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 501 days ago · 70 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.027 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 501 days ago · 72 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 1.751 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 501 days ago · 104 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.541 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 501 days ago · 103 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 1.646 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 502 days ago · 91 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.95 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 502 days ago · 49 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.56 km WSW of Sterling, Alaska · 502 days ago · 47 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.621 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 503 days ago · 60 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 503 days ago · 95 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.016 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 504 days ago · 51 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.958 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 504 days ago · 101 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.935 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 504 days ago · 42 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 14 · tsunami flag
- 1.610 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 504 days ago · 71 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.646 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 505 days ago · 86 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.933 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 505 days ago · 72 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.745 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 505 days ago · 79 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.622 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 506 days ago · 48 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.86 km ENE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 506 days ago · 57 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.934 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 506 days ago · 83 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.237 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 506 days ago · 80 km deep · 77 km away
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